Fishline straightener and conditioner



Aug. 1, 1950 H. J. DEAN 2,517,089

FISHLINE STRAIGHTENER AND CONDITIONER Filed March ll, 1947 IN VEN TOR.

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ATTURNEY Patented Aug. 1, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHLINESTRAIGHTENER AND CONDITIONER 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a fishline straightener and conditioner foruse by fishermen and sportsmen in general.

One of the prime objects of the invention is to design a small, compactdevice which can be carried on a string or cord, looped around the neckof the fisherman, or carried in the pocket, so that the leader can besimultaneously straightened and conditioned by merely placing the leaderbetween the conditioner disks which are sprung into intimate contact tocreate friction and pressure on the leader as it is drawn therebetween.

Another object is to design a very simple device provided with pocketstherein and in which the conditioner cakes or disks are placed andanchored.

A further object is to provide an inexpensive, practical, and ruggedline straightener and conditioner that can be readily manufactured andassembled, and in which the connecting band is inherently resilient, sothat the conditioner disks spring back to spaced-apart normal positionwhen the disks are released.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood thatchanges may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details ofconstruction, without departing from the spirit, or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device prior to being bent to shape.

Fig. 2 is an end-elevational view, the broken lines illustrating theresiliency of the legs.

Fig. 3 is a side-elevational view.

Referring now more specifically to the drawing in which I have shown thepreferred embodiment of my invention. The numeral 8 indicates apreferably metal strip, the ends of which are anchored in disks 9 and I0, which disks can be formed of plastic or any other desired material.

Centrally disposed pockets H and H are provided in the disks 9 and ID,the openings in the pockets being of smaller diameter than the pocketproper to form an anchor for the cake of semihard line conditioner Cwhich is mounted therein, this cake projecting beyond the face of thedisk as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, so that when the leaderL is placed therebetween and the disks pressed together towards eachother, it will be gripped by the cake compound and conditioned as it isdrawn therebetween.

The plastic disks 9 and Ill are semi-resilient, so that as the compoundcakes become worn, the finger pressure on the disks forces the pocketsection of the disks and the cakes outwardly towards each other, so thatpractically all of the conditioner cake can be utilized.

In practice, the disks 9 and ID are molded with the ends of the strip 8in position therein; a small opening 14 is provided therein andaccommodates a centrallydisposed string S. The metal strip is then bentto shape as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, so that the disks aredisposed in spaced-apart relation, and a loop (not shown) is provided onthe string so that it can be carried around the neck of the owner.

The device is simple and economical to manufacture and assemble; itrequires no skilled labor, and is flexible to permit all of theconditioner to be used.

From the foregoing description, it will be clearly obvious that I haveperfected a very simple, practical and inexpensive leader straightenerand conditioner provided with pockets in which the conditioning cakesare anchored and which simultaneously straightens the leaders and/orline as it is being conditioned.

What I claim is:

A fishing line conditioner and straightener comprising a flexible metalconnecting strip having a solid, semi-flexible plastic disk anchored toeach of the opposite ends thereat, tapered open pockets in the innerface of each disk, each pocket opening being of smaller diameter'thanthe interior of said pocket, a cake of conditioning compound mounted ineach pocket and projecting through each pocket opening and beyond theinner face of the disk, said metal strip being bent to normally hold theconditioner cakes in closely spaced face-to-face relation.

HERBERT J. DEAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,202,774 Barnett Oct. 31, 19161,219,993 Omoto Mar. 20, 1917 1,281,394 Kennedy Oct. 15, 1918 1,602,333Burke Oct. 5, 1926 2,193,386 Bashore Mar. 12, 1940 2,325,595 HanischJuly 6, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 738,616 France Oct. 18,1932

